07 April 2003

Mona Lisa smile is so enigmatic that it disappears if you look at it directly The smile disappears when it was looked at because of the way the human eye processes visual information, said Prof Livingstone, Harvard University. The "elusive quality of the Mona Lisa's smile can be explained by the fact that her smile is almost entirely in low spatial frequencies, and so is seen best by your peripheral vision". 6:43:36 PM     comments

When games override calls as phone feature NYT article reports on efforts by Nokia et al to sell handsets-as-games-platforms (and get into subscription revenue). And curious quotes: Nokia spokesman: "By putting games on handsets, we're going to bring phones out of the glove compartment" Qualcomm developer relations: "It's a holy grail" Metaplay CEO (wearing a Nokia-branded shirt): "I'd had Nintendo shorts and Sega shirts and Microsoft shirts [...] I have a hunch this is going to be enormous." 6:30:23 PM     comments

OPL: Symbian to unveil open source dev language at Expo Too late for OPL? Time and developer support will tell. 6:23:33 PM     comments